Dr. Kallapur received his doctorate from Harvard University. He teaches financial accounting and conducts research in the area of empirical financial accounting.

Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, Dr. Kallapur was a professor of accounting at the University of Arizona and a visiting professor of accounting at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Professor Kallapur is a member of the American Accounting Association and a member of the Accounting Horizons editorial board.

His major publications include "Financial Statement Information and Realized Growth," Journal of Financial Statement Analysis, (Spring 1997); "Changes in Hospital Service Mix and Cost Allocations in Response to Changes in Medicare Reimbursement Schemes," Journal of Accounting and Economics, (May 1997); "The Effects of Cross-Sectional Scale Differences on Regression Results in Empirical Accounting Research," Contemporary Accounting Research (Fall 1996); and "Dividend Payout Ratios as Determinants of Earnings Response Coefficients: A Test of the Free Cash Flow Theory," Journal of Accounting and Economics, (May 1994).